How/where do you store your ingots?

[kevin c]

Is that type, WW or both in the second box? Whatever they are, that’s an impressive sight!

[boatswainsmate]

Is that type, WW or both in the second box? Whatever they are, that’s an impressive sight!

The second box is a mix of foundry, Mono and linotype.

[Rickf1985]

"Honey, we are gonna need a bigger forklift, MUCH bigger!"

That is really impressive. Now you need ten times as much soft lead to alloy that into #2.

[makeurownfun]

The second box is a mix of foundry, Mono and linotype.

That is awesome. Definitely do not have to worry about someone walking off with that job box!

I just added another 120lbs of WW ingots to mine this past weekend.

[mf79]

I store in gun safe bottom to make it heavier

[sealer]

In 5 gallon buckets under a work bench. I have 14 buckets rounded over the top at last count.
Dennis

[fredj338]

A 4” thick reinforced concrete slab? I thought concrete was 3,000 pounds per square inch? It’s spaced out over probably 14’ and only 6” wide. I don’t think I’d have a problem, unless I stacked it all up to the ceiling in a few spots

The strength of the concrete isnt the same as the load it takes. I doubt your slab fails but it would depend on underlying base & pounds / sqft. Plus i was referring to people storing on a wood floor.

[fredj338]

In 5 gallon buckets under a work bench. I have 14 buckets rounded over the top at last count.
Dennis

I have move to small plastic crates from HD. About half the size of a milk crate. They wont split like buckets & no handles to pull off & they are stackable. I limit them to about 120# because its all i want yo pickup.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...GL._SX522_.jpg

[Slugster]

I store my ingots in milk crates. Muffins in 7.63x39 ammo crates. Pewter in it's original form in cardboard boxes, into a 5 gallon bucket after it's melted into mini muffins. Have 23 linotype pigs. The 3 different alloys are in RCBS and Redneck Gold ingots... appx 350 pounds. SOWW and pure lead in muffin form. Roof jacks, shower pans, sheet lead, etc. just in a pile waiting to be alloyed. All told, about a ton and a half. I'm gonna have to work on my stash. More More MORE, need more.

[35 Rem]

Most of my lead is still in its original form so few ingots. Something like 500 lbs in ingots stored under my loading bench built into the bench legs. The bulk of my lead is still CoWW's or various soft lead such as water pipes, roofing flashing, stain glass window lead, etc. It's stuck all over the place around two garages in 5 gallon buckets.

[hawkeye1]

I reduce WW down to one pound ingots. Then I stack those neatly on the stem wall foundation in my shop, up off the floor.

[lightman]

We moved last year and I've still got about a dozen milk crates of ingots sitting in the 3rd bay garage floor. I started this morning moving them to a truck toolbox that sits at the end of my workbench.

[dondiego]

In the barn on the floor, in 5 gallon steel buckets. I ruined some milk crates with ingots.

[BK7saum]

I use, 30 cal and 40mm ammo cans.

The .30 cans hold about 68 pounds of range lead ingots (redneck gold/castboolits)

The 40mm are more for bulk storage, once you fill them, you aren't moving them full.

I just added about 910 pounds of WW and Range lead ingots to the stash.

Gonna need some more boxes.